Paradachshund

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  How could i know what you do in your spare time? You haven’t shared it until now. I can only go off of what you’ve said on this thread, and I do not retract my criticism of it. This will be the last response, so I hope you have a good day and thank you for making a difference in the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every day is a blessing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  once.

  Oh no it found us even here!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I can understand that perspective, but I also think you’re making a lot of assumptions about whether this was effective or not. Based on your original comment you don’t know, so I’m just encouraging benefit of the doubt instead of shitting on things for not being perfect.

  Maybe as an activist yourself you could get in touch with this organization in the post and suggest some more effective methods for what they’re trying to achieve? That would be practicing what you’re preaching instead of just leaving comments online. Just my 2 cents, and I wish you well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this respectfully, but has making negative comments about people trying to do good and educate others ever improved the situation?

  I think it’s easy to be jaded right now, I struggle with it myself, but remember that this kind of knee jerk criticism is very deflating for some people to read. You might feel like it’s an outlet for you, but it can cause others to feel hopeless and depressed.

  I don’t believe you want that, so I would encourage you to be more supportive of attempts at change, not just results. Changing hearts and minds is a long and imperfect process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems like a really smart thing to do. Meet people where they are.

  I also enjoy the fact that things like this probably make these massive corporate platforms sweat a little. People always find ways to subvert and I’m here for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 3 director's new RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker is different to that classic CD Projekt Red game in one big way: it doesn't have a main quest [Eurogamer]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  MMOs have main quests usually

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 3 director's new RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker is different to that classic CD Projekt Red game in one big way: it doesn't have a main quest [Eurogamer]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is something I’ve wanted to see explored a lot for years. Excited to see a big studio trying it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Announcing Guild Wars Reforged⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So exciting and what a surprise!

  I’ll be honest, I’m having a hard time judging what they did to the visuals in the screenshots. I think I need a before and after.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So let me get this straight… They’re also still burning money on Concord through legal costs? Just walk away guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck yeah command and conquer!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly Bizarre⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife and I like to joke that vegetables aren’t real and all of them are just something else in reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨well designed you say⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this loss?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s surprising. I wonder of it’s actually not supported, or if companies just don’t bother to set it up? Seems weird they would do it on one platform and not the other though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I felt the same way. I turned it to easy mode and enjoyed the visuals and story. Good riddance to the combat frankly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Xbox raises Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says it warned Activision deal would ‘harm gamers’ | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “It” 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans - Xbox Wire [prices going up]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans - Xbox Wire [prices going up]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this for the PC only version too? I can’t tell through all the marketing speak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Different industry, but in my graphic design business I’ve had a couple small jobs fixing/finishing logos people tried to make with AI. Sounds like you’re getting a lot more, but I’ve been seeing this too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨labubu⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly cuter than actual labubu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fractal Incursions Bonus Event!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they expand the quick play to all difficulties eventually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fractal Incursions Bonus Event!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t tried it yet. Do you know if it’s all the different bosses that can spawn or is it just some of them? Pretty neat idea for an event honestly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hands-On: Borderlands 4 wants you to forget Borderlands 3 ever happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Crashed like it was buggy? Never.

  I played it a while after release though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hands-On: Borderlands 4 wants you to forget Borderlands 3 ever happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m apparently the only person who really enjoyed 3 all the way through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event(Gamescom) Booked Random Meetings for Attendees⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Having something suggest networking opportunities doesn’t sound like the worst, but only if it was suggestions in their own section of the app (and not bombarding you with notifications about it either). This implementation is truly god awful and I can’t believe anyone thought this was a good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It comes from a good place. Make things have more quality of life. Makes things feel smooth and responsive. Don’t make things obtuse and confusing.

  The problem is that while some friction kind of sucks (I don’t think many would want clunky movement or controls), lots of experiences get thrown out with the bathwater when this goes too far.

  My philosophy is that friction needs to be seen as a tool. It does something to the experience, and it needs to be considered whether removing it will improve the experience, and if so, what is being lost in the process?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, exactly. That’s the good use of lack of friction. The philosophy I have is just that it shouldn’t be seen as always good no matter what. It changes the experience to remove friction, so any decision to do so should be thoughtfully done with the experience in mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hear hear! This is such a plague on games and media right now. I don’t blame developers that much, because lack of friction is super commonly taught in game design courses, and it’s not always bad. It can be done waaaay too much though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fast-forward through the songs...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They have such insanely good music taste on that show. It’s always stuff you’d never think to use, too, but it fits every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨got banned on reddit for 3 days..... so hi...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh I don’t think you should let insanity deter you from the podcast plan. That hasn’t stopped lots of other people, so why should it stop you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a bit older than this and I’ve been feeling this too. Getting older is weird.